Siege of Abu Sakhir (jul 13, 1920 – jul 17, 1920)

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The siege of Abu Sakhir began on 13 July and the participated in which the families of each crank , gazelles , each cub of Abraham and on 14 of the same month sent the British motor boats , carrying a number of soldiers and some of Supply materials was the ship of war Fire Fly is going behind the boat to protect it tried tribes to seize it There was heavy exchange of fire between the warship and the clans [32]

Kufa Conference
On July 17, a conference was held in the city of Kufa to hold a truce between the rebels in the area of ​​Al-Shamiya, Najaf and English. The conference was attended by English Major Major Torbury, the Governor of Shamia and Najaf [33] . The rebels, in addition to tribal chiefs in the region, included Sheikh Abdul-Karim al-Jazairi and Jawad al-Jawahiri, who were representatives of Sheikh Fathallah al-Asfahani . The two sides were finally agreed on a four-day truce starting from the first day of Dhul-Qa'dah (1338 Hijri) For July 17, where the garrison of Abu Sakhir withdraws to Kufa without causing harm to it.

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